Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
MICHAEL DAVIT7.
The Irish Patriot Talks Ab9utthe Irish
Cause Before Leaving for the
United States.
The English Home Rule Population
Cordially Welcomed TO COrk-A
British Steamer Total Wreck,
Colonel Hughes Han-t's Own Statement OF
HIS Relations Win Beatrice SeIviu.
! Scandalous Confession.
IreIsnd.


WELCOMED THE HOME RULE DEPUTATION
CORK, Sept. 22.-Au enormous crowd
welcomed the English home rule deputa-
ton here yesterday. The Mayor, Mr.
Dayitt snd many prominent citizens es-
corted The visitors to the hotel. where
Davitt made s speech. No c0ercive meas
ure, said Dayitt, would stop the progress
of the national movement. The Ea.fOur
government would had this winter that
while It was easy to issue pr0C!amatious
il was difficult TO suppress the
people belonging to the Ma
tionaI League. 1t might be necessary
to uphold the right OF meeting snd the
freedom Of speech by heavy 8lackthorus.
If BalfOur's myruidOns Tes0rted to dead
lier weapons than oatons the manhood
of Ireland would be perfectly Justified in
doing likewise.
Professor ThOrOld Rogers and others
made addresses.
AT BELFAST.
BELFAST, Sept. - RESOLUTIONS in
favor OF home rule were adopted st 8
mass meeting held in this city.
O'ERIEN Will REBEL.
CORK, Sept. William o. Brien states
that in event Il bis being sentenced To
impris0D ment he will absolutely refuse to
wear the prison gar5 or to perform mental
Offices Gs g protest against the trestment
of political prisoners IS common cu.prjts
lie Will resist such treatment to the last,
ne says, even though his life be sacrificed
Mr.. DtlOn will visit him to-day. O'B-ien
maintains cheerful demesnor. He re
ceives daily bouquets snd presents Of fruit
from ladies' Of C0rS. TIE mayor. munic-
ipa authorities, clergymen Snd other dis
tinguished residents OF Cork will attend
the trisl Of o Brien in order to show their
sympathy is with him
EDITORS NOT DAUNTED.
DUBLIN, Sept. 23.-The Nationalist ua-
pers throughout Ireland to-day published
the usual reports Of the proceedings Of
various local branches OF the lesgue, de-
spite the fact that under tue new crimes
&C. the editors are liable Tor punishment
for publishing reports Which teen with
violent denunCiatiuns Of the government.
EUCHAEL DAvITT INTERVIEWED
| QUEENsTOWN Sept. - Michael Da-
witt, before stepping aboard the steamer
BrittaniC, which sailed to-day tor New
YorB, granted an interview to Il CORE
sp0ndent OK the Associated Press lie
said; "TAe doctors ordered an ocean Jour
ney TO brace me up. My visit TO America
Is Of 3 strictly private nature. do not
propose TO make any public appearance
while in the United States. | want SIS
much rest as l can possibly get On my
return | will have enough 20 face. The
/ order for the suppression Of the National
| League has not iatimIdated its members
or in the least degree set back the popular
movement. Il is simply impossible 20
crush the movement; that would mean to
put in prison three fourths Of the people
of Ireland The immediate outlook is
/ gloomy in the extreme. Hook with anxiety
on the coming winter, believing as l do,
the action Of the government Will provoke
widespread disorder. II the people
tamely submit to be deprived of public
meetings aud free speech they Will show
themselves unworthy Of home rule. We
must fight, we must make sacrifice for
the prime pie Of self government. have
already served nine years in prison On
returning to Ireland | have 3 good pros
peCt OF putting in more years in prison
| believe every earnest Nationalist will
do the same. l never found the people
reader TO make sacrifices for the Nation
al cause. never knew CT any people in
the world more rcsoIute TO
carry on the fight. 1t would be
infinitely more agreeable II we
were enabled to continue the struggle in
a peaceful constitutional manner, but the
/ Tory government will not let US The
policy OF deliberate evaporation has
been determined On by the SALISBURY
ministry. On them rests the response
binty fer coming events. By far the
worst feature Of the present sttuation l.:
the government scent Tesorting TO the
worst kind of coercion in the intere sts 0,
landlords. They admit the present dua
ownership ought to be abolished. They
recognize the existing system they al
tempted as failure. yet the government
leaders 10 reform land tenure de
cIared it illegal aud they themselves de
nounceG it.